somnolent
11somnolent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) sleepy; drowsy. 2) inducing drowsiness. DERIVATIVES somnolence noun somnolently adverb. ORIGIN Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep …
12somnolent — [säm′nə lənt] adj. [LME sompnolent < MFr < L somnolentus < somnus, sleep: see SOMNUS] 1. sleepy; drowsy 2. inducing drowsiness SYN. SLEEPY somnolence n. somnolency somnolently adv …
13somnolent — [[t]sɒ̱mnəl(ə)nt[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n If you are somnolent, you feel sleepy. [FORMAL] The sedative makes people very somnolent. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n If a place is somnolent, it is very peaceful and quiet. [LITERARY] ...the somnolent villages of… …
14somnolent — adjective Etymology: Middle English sompnolent, from Anglo French, from Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep; akin to Old English swefn sleep, Greek hypnos Date: 15th century 1. of a kind likely to induce sleep < a somnolent sermon > 2. a.… …
15somnolent — som|no|lent [ˈsɔmnələnt US ˈsa:m ] adj literary [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep ] 1.) almost starting to sleep ▪ He lay quiet, somnolent after the day s exertions. 2.) making you want to sleep ▪ a… …
16somnolent — adjective 1) he felt somnolent after lunch Syn: sleepy, drowsy, tired, languid, dozy, groggy, lethargic, sluggish, enervated, torpid; informal snoozy, dopey, yawny; literary slumberous 2) a somnolent village Syn …
17SOMNOLENT — ENTE. adj. T. de Médec. Qui a rapport à la somnolence. État somnolent …
18Somnolent — Sleepy or tending to cause sleep. Somnolent came from French. It descends from the Latin somnus meaning sleep. Also descended from somnus are somnambulism (sleepwalking) and insomnia (the inability to sleep.) * * * 1. Drowsy; sleepy; having an… …
19somnolent — adjective literary 1 almost starting to sleep 2 making you want to sleep: a somnolent summer s afternoon somnolence noun (U) …
20somnolent — a, sounnoulènt, o adj. somnolent. voir dormilhós …
